The Use of Social Media in the Hospital: Pros and Cons for Senior Patients

the talk presents challenges in the use of social media during hospitalization, particularly in the case of senior patient

Smart@Heart: Building an Artificial Intelligence Project for heart disease prevention and treatment

Smart@Heart is an interdisciplinary project conceived to build an Artificial Intelligence Project for heart disease prevention and treatment. Results will support not only health care providers decision making but also patients, through the use of mobile assistive and distributed interdigital technolog

Neurological Complications in Adult Cardiac Surgery: Are we using the Internet to adequately inform our patients?

Neurological Complications in Adult Cardiac Surgery: Are we using the Internet to adequately inform patients

Voiceitt - Voice Assistive Technology for Communication: Questioning the IoT and the Algorithms Development Strategy

Development of innovative Voice Recognition Technology for disabilit

Wearable Internet for Wellness and Health: Interdigital Territories of New Technology

This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent research on the internet, emphasizing its spatial dimensions, geospatial applications, and the numerous social and geographic implications such as the digital divide and the mobile internet. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book sheds light on the origins and the multiple facets of the internet. It addresses the various definitions of cyberspace and the rise of the World Wide Web, draws upon the media theory, as well as explores the physical infrastructure such as the global skein of fibre optics networks and broadband connectivity. Several economic dimensions, such as e-commerce, e-tailing, e-finance, e-government, and e-tourism are also explored. Apart from its most common uses such as Google Earth, social media like Twitter, and neogeography, this volume also presents internet’s novel uses for ethnographic research and the study of digital diasporas. Illustrated with numerous graphics, maps and charts, the book will best serve as supplementary reading for academics, researchers, and as a professional handbook for policy makers involved in communications, media, retailing, and economic development